Public Event

Trade and climate action: Shifting the paradigm for a just transition and sustainable development

Thursday, 02 February 2023

As recognition of the urgency of climate action increases, debate is growing on the need to spur a paradigm shift to support sustainability in the international trading system. Moreover, critical gaps remain on how the links between trade, finance and climate action can be more ambitious and better support a just transition and climate-resilient development.

Under the auspices of the Aligning Climate and Economic Governance (ACEGOV), the UWI/SRC Lunch Time Chat seminar series, the Forum on Trade, Environment and the SDGs (TESS), and the Remaking Global Trade for a Sustainable Future Project, this 1.5 hour webinar brought together leading scholars and practitioners to discuss the following themes:

Agenda

Welcome & introductory remarks

  • Prof Thomas Hale, Professor of Global Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford

Reforming the world trading system: Intellectual framing of the Project and its importance for the Global South (traffic light system)

  • Prof Dan Esty, Professor of Global Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford

Regional perspective: Africa

  • Dr. Kennedy Mbeva, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford

Regional perspective: Caribbean

  • Dr. Jan Yves Remy, Director of the Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services (SRC) of University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados/Policy Director, Remaking Trade for Sustainability Project

Multilateral perspectives and opportunities for linking trade, finance and climate action

Revisiting the bargain between developing and developed countries

  • Prof Joel Trachtman, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; Founder/Lead on the Remaking Trade for Sustainability Project

Question & Answer session

Conclusion & closing remarks

  • Prof Thomas Hale, Professor of Global Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford

 

 

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